Yazidis apply to join criminal case against Lafarge

France/Syria: A group of Yazidi women have applied to become ‘civil parties’ in a criminal case brought in France against Lafarge and several of its executives for complicity in crimes against humanity and financing a terrorist organisation. The women survived rape and slavery at the hands of the Islamic State (IS) group in Iraq and Syria, according to the Agence France Presse. Lafarge allegedly made multi-million dollar payments to IS in order to continue operations at one of its cement plants in northern Syria in 2013. Lawyers on behalf of the Yazidi said that the case would allow the women, "to have their voices heard in a court of law."

Lafarge Syria is suspected of paying nearly Euro13m to IS and other militant groups to keep the Jalabiya plant running. Payments by the cement company were considered a ‘tax’ in exchange for which militants allowed free movement of the company's staff and goods inside the warzone, according to investigators.

13th Global CemFuels Conference & Exhibition 2019

The 13th Global CemFuels Conference & Exhibition on alternative fuels for the cement and lime industries will showcase the best alternative fuels projects and equipment from the cement industry in Europe and from around the world. Over 150 delegates are expected to attend, to learn from experts how to start to use - or to increase their use of - alternative fuels.